# scheiden vs schwinden

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scheiden
*verb · IPA [ˈʃaɪ̯dn̩] · frequency rank #8,776*
räumlich voneinander trennen

### schwinden
*verb · IPA [ˈʃvɪndn̩] · frequency rank #31,783*
in bedenklichem Maße nachlassen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/scheiden-vs-schwinden